PC does not recognize live CD

Thomas Blasejewicz thomas at s7.dion.ne.jp
Fri May 7 17:44:40 UTC 2010



Tomasz Kisielewski さんは書きました:
> Hi
> Do you have wright settings in BIOS, some machines has got boot from 
> CD disabled, enter set up by pressing DEL or other key.
> Or try other distro's live CD. I will wait for 10.4.1 on my PC doesn't 
> display....
> Tom
>
>
I tried to disable "boot from CD" - did not succeed. There is no option 
allowing me to disable that item.
burning via Linux: I tried that too. Apparently my not PC (used solely 
for experimenting with Linux) has only a CD-ROM = cannot burn any CDs.
* Installing Linux on my desktop PC (currently Windows XP): the last 
time I tried that, it disabled my work machine and almost put me out of 
business.
= NOT an option. I need to have my "production machine", as some people 
on this list like to call it, running.
So far (I spent already 3 years trying to make this thing work!) Linux 
could not guarantee me that. (Probably I am just too stupid.)

The downloaded live CD does not work.
I cannot burn a new CD with a the Linux based computer I have.
ALL other options so far have failed .
Now what?
"Just" (that seems to be a term many Linxu users are allergic to) forget 
about it and resign to being stuck with 9.04?
Is that it?
I am under the impression that this is for a software that is supposed 
to be "extremely user friendly", "simply works", "has no bugs"
(the usual comments on this and many other Linux related lists) a 
somewhat poor performance, isn't it?

Or am I missing something essential?
As I said before, at least 10 different version of Linux (live CDs) can 
be booted from my Windows machines, but
(maybe = did not try ALL disks I have) only TWO from a Linux based 
computer. The others simply show up as being "mounted"
but don't do anything.
But since TWO disks actually **DO** boot, the BIOS setting should be OK.
If it is not and needs a 10-million character long programming job ... 
you know, all those difficult things your are supposed to enter at the 
"terminal" ...
I am afraid that is way beyond my capabilities.

It is 3 Am and I have enough for today. Sorry. Please excuse me.
Good night



> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 10:04:29 -0400
> Subject: Re: PC does not recognize live CD
> From: tarvid at ls.net
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>
> Hmmm. I have not had the live CD problem on my hardware but I have 
> heard reports from friends that they don't work on some hardware and 
> knowledgeable people have reported problems in diagnosing the problem. 
> Hiding bootup detail doesn't help matters.
>
> I did find the cdromupgrade script on the alt CD broken - it asks for 
> a CD label other than that on the iso.
>
> There is a plethora of complaints about Lucid. Hopefully the 10.04.1 
> release will reduce the noise. Replacing Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt 
> with Love, Enthusiasm and Faith should be our goal.
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> 
> wrote:
>
>     On 07/05/10 23:33, Karl Larsen wrote:
>     > On 05/07/2010 04:32 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>     >
>     >> On 07/05/10 19:36, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>> Steve Grace 㠕ん㠯書㠠㠾㠗㠟:
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>> The 10.04 LiveCD is bad and it comes up with a blank screen
>     >>>>> with two tiny things near the bottom. When you see these try
>     typing Esc
>     >>>>> and maybe it will work.
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>>
>     >>>> The 10.04 live CD works fine here. It's just different from
>     previous
>     >>>> versions; instead of asking questions about language, what
>     you want to
>     >>>> do, etc., up front, it asks near the end of the boot process.
>     Be patient.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I've seen the two icons in question; does anyone know what
>     they're
>     >>>> supposed to represent?
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Steve
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>> It does not seem to work that way here.
>     >>> Pressing "esc" at **ANY** time has no effect. The computer
>     ALWAYS boots
>     >>> from the HDD
>     >>> BIOS is set to boot from CD-ROM first.
>     >>> LiveCDs that DO work:
>     >>> Ubuntu 9.04
>     >>> Debian
>     >>>
>     >>> LiveCDs that DO NOT work:
>     >>> Ubuntu 9.10
>     >>> Ubuntu 10.4
>     >>> Ubuntu 8.10 etc.
>     >>> Mandriva
>     >>> Fedora 10
>     >>> OpenSUSE just tried 10.3
>     >>> Puppy
>     >>> PCLOS
>     >>> etc.
>     >>>
>     >>> So, of all the disks I have (tested) TWO actually work
>     (=meaning that
>     >>> the computer is functioning and booting from CD is possible.
>     >>> The others don't.
>     >>> To answer another question: except the "debian" disk, ALL disks
>     >>> (including the one that works = 9.04) were prepared using my
>     Windows
>     >>> machine:
>     >>> exactly the same equipment, same stack of new CDs etc.
>     >>>
>     >>> WHAT is the difference between a live Ubuntu 9.04 and a live
>     Ubuntu
>     >>> 9.10/10.4 etc.
>     >>> Since one actually DOES work, it cannot be the computer, can it?
>     >>> Also, someone suggested downloading a new file, burn the CD again.
>     >>> Does not work. This time I downloaded both the English 10.04
>     as well as
>     >>> the Japanese localized version of 10.4. Neither works.
>     >>> And I tried this before: downloading 2-3 times, burning new
>     disks. But
>     >>> that did not help.
>     >>>
>     >>> What magic is required to make this thing work???
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >> Why not burn them using Ubuntu? Install k3b and burn the image
>     with it.
>     >>
>     >> BC
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     > Come on guys this is a dead herring! Both the 9.10 and 10.04
>     > LiveCD's are weird and have problems that a new convert from Windows
>     > will have problems with. The people at Ubuntu need to look at the
>     > problem and fix it. I suggest they just go back to the 9.04 design.
>     >
>
>     Oh dear, oh dear...........
>
>     Both of the Live CDs for 9.10 and 10.04 I have, and downloaded from
>     either my ISP or from the Main Repo at Canonical, are booting/going
>     live/installing without a ANY PROBLEMS!
>
>     Please stop spreading FUD around!
>
>     BC
>
>     --
>     "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
>     endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to
>     forgo their use."
>     Galileo Galilei
>
>
>
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